# falcon 9 (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover falcon 9. Page: Feed: --- ## [El histórico telescopio espacial Swift caerá a la Tierra tras el fracaso de su dramática misión de rescate](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/el-historico-telescopio-espacial-swift-caera-a-la-tierra-tras-el-fracaso-de-su-dramatica-mision-de-rescate/) _2026-08-22 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Tras más de dos décadas observando los fenómenos más violentos del universo, el histórico observatorio Neil Gehrels Swift de la NASA tiene los días contados. Una severa avería técnica en la nave robótica diseñada para rescatarlo echó por tierra los planes de extender su vida útil, por lo que el telescopio espacial se precipitará de forma ... ## [August 21, 2026 Quick space links](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-21-2026-quick-space-links/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, plus the first link from reader Gary. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below. Note: X now requires log in to view videos with sound. You can get around this by clicking ## [Musk: A Starship chopstick catch won’t happen for several months](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/musk-a-starship-chopstick-catch-wont-happen-for-several-months/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Starship floating off Christmas Island on August 18, 2026 Elon Musk in a tweet on August 19, 2026 stepped back from his previous statement that SpaceX would attempt to catch Starship with its chopstick tower on the next test flight, presently scheduled for the end of August. Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a ## [China isn’t rushing to reuse its recovered first stages](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-isnt-rushing-to-reuse-its-recovered-first-stages/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Zhuque-3 just prior to touch down on August 18, 2026 According to an interview yesterday in China’s state-run press of the head of the Chinese pseudo-company Landspace, it will be many months before it will attempt a reuse of a flown first stage of its Zhuque-3 rocket. “After the rocket is recovered, what standards must it meet to fly again? ## [SpaceX launches 29 more Starlink satellites](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-launches-29-more-starlink-satellites-16/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Despite a launch scrub yesterday less than 30 seconds before lift-off, SpaceX tried again this morning and successfully placed 29 Starlink satellites into orbit, its Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The first stage (B1078) completed its 30th flight (58 days after its previous mission), landing on a drone ship in the Atlantic. ## [Trump issues revised space policy aimed at faciliating 1,000 American launches and re-entries per year by 2030](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/trump-issues-revised-space-policy-aimed-at-faciliating-1000-american-launches-and-re-entries-per-year-by-2030/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ “Fight! Fight! Fight!” And do so, for America! President Trump yesterday issued a new national space transportation policy, ordering numerous agencies and their executives to do everything in their power to facilitate the American space industry, so that by 2030 the nation will be able to support a thousand launches and re-entries per year. Access to, from, and within space ## [Un eclipse parcial al 96 % teñirá la Luna de rojo a finales de agosto: cuándo y dónde verlo](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/un-eclipse-parcial-al-96-tenira-la-luna-de-rojo-a-finales-de-agosto-cuando-y-donde-verlo/) _2026-08-21 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ El calendario astronómico de 2026 se prepara para su gran broche de oro. Tras el espectacular eclipse solar total que cautivó a Europa el pasado 12 de agosto, la mecánica celeste traslada su escenario principal al continente americano. Durante la noche del 27 al 28 de agosto, la Tierra se interpondrá casi por completo entre el Sol ... ## [Behind the Track — How a bank ad song became a classic hit](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/behind-the-track-how-a-bank-ad-song-became-a-classic-hit/) _2026-08-21 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ An evening pause: The unlikely story behind yesterday’s evening pause. Hat tip Cotour. ## [«Algo apareció»: congresista confirma que agencias de EE.UU. usaron un experimento reproducible para atraer OVNIs](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/algo-aparecio-congresista-confirma-que-agencias-de-ee-uu-usaron-un-experimento-reproducible-para-atraer-ovnis/) _2026-08-20 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ En una declaración que vuelve a sacudir los cimientos del secreto oficial, el congresista republicano por Misuri, Eric Burlison, reveló que diversas agencias de inteligencia de Estados Unidos realizaron un experimento deliberado para atraer fenómenos anómalos no identificados (UAPs) recreando condiciones de avistamientos pasados ... ## [August 20, 2026 Quick space links](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-20-2026-quick-space-links/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below. Note: X now requires log in to view videos with sound. You can get around this by clicking on the three dots at the top ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TMq3ghQbOtue) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [ESA cancels planned upper stage upgrade for Ariane-6](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-cancels-planned-upper-stage-upgrade-for-ariane-6/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ The first Ariane-6 rocket launch in 2024 It appears that back in 2025 but only revealed recently the European Space Agency (ESA) canceled the planned upper stage upgrade for Ariane-6, dubbed Icarus, that the rocket’s builder ArianeGroup had been developing. This decision has now been confirmed by ESA. The decision appears to have been partly because of a desire to ## [Blue Origin might be expanding its operations in Texas](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/blue-origin-might-be-expanding-its-operations-in-texas/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Because of reports in May that Blue Origin is considering building a major manufacturing plant in the town of Hutto north of Austin, both Hutto and county officials have put together incentive packages to convince Blue Origin to make the move. Snell said Williamson County’s 10-year total incentives include a 100% tax abatement on real property and a 50% abatement ## [Astronomers map fastest orbit so far of a star circling the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-map-fastest-orbit-so-far-of-a-star-circling-the-milky-ways-central-supermassive-black-hole/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Using data gathered since 2023 by the GRAVITY instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers have now mapped the orbit a star circling Sagittarius A\*, the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole, every 8.7 years that when it zips past on its closest approach is moving more than 15,500 miles per second, about 8% of the speed of ## [Hypersonic missile startup Castelion raises $1 billion in private investment capital](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/hypersonic-missile-startup-castelion-raises-1-billion-in-private-investment-capital/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ A new hypersonic missile startup, dubbed Castelion and founded by three former SpaceX executives, has now raised $1 billion in private investment capital. The Series C financing announced Aug. 19 includes $800 million in equity and a $250 million committed revolving credit facility. The equity round was co-led by JPMorganChase’s Strategic Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz and funds managed by… ## [Private company and local officials working to establish Arizona landing range for orbital spacecraft](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/private-company-and-local-officials-working-to-establish-arizona-landing-range-for-orbital-spacecraft/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ A private group called Space Rising is now in discussions with local officials to establish an Arizona landing range for orbital spacecraft near the city of Sierra Vista. Space Rising, the private group behind the Blueprint, told ABC15 Mornings Anchor Kaley O’Kelley their group is now working with Sierra Vista Mayor Clea McCaa and Tony Boone, the city’s Director of ## [Rocket Lab completes its ninth launch for Japanese radar satellite company Q-Shu](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/rocket-lab-completes-its-ninth-launch-for-japanese-radar-satellite-company-q-shu/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Rocket Lab this morning successfully placed its ninth launch for the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (IQPS or Q-shu), its Electron rocket lifting off from one of its two launchpads in New Zealand. The rocket company has contract for a total of 18 launches with Q-Shu, and now has nine to go. SpaceX had planned a Starlink launch shortly ## [Louisiana governor to announce SpaceX land purchase next week?](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/louisiana-governor-to-announce-spacex-land-purchase-next-week/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Pecan Island SpaceX facility? It now appears that Louisiana’s governor Jeff Landry is planning a big event next week when, according to anonymous sources, he will announce the purchase by SpaceX of that 130K acre plot of land presently owned by Exxon and near the unincorporated village of Pecan Island on the state’s south coast. Gov. Jeff Landry is inviting ## [Last-minute abort stalls Cape Canaveral Starlink mission](https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/20/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-75th-starlink-mission-of-2026/) _2026-08-20 · Will Robinson-Smith · Spaceflight Now_ The Starlink 10-39 mission includes the 2,000th Starlink satellite to fly this year. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled at 11:38 a.m. EDT (1538 UTC). ## [El cohete fuera de control de SpaceX creó un cráter de 18 metros en la Luna, revelan imágenes de la NASA](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/el-cohete-fuera-de-control-de-spacex-creo-un-crater-de-18-metros-en-la-luna-revelan-imagenes-de-la-nasa/) _2026-08-20 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ La agencia espacial de Estados Unidos ha publicado las primeras imágenes de la cicatriz dejada en la Luna por el choque de la etapa superior de un cohete Falcon 9 de SpaceX. El impacto, ocurrido el pasado 5 de agosto, dio lugar a un cráter de aproximadamente 18 metros de ancho y menos de 3 metros de profundidad en la superficie del ... ## [Descubren un «nuevo órgano» oculto en el cráneo que revoluciona la lucha contra el cáncer cerebral y el Alzhéimer](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/descubren-un-nuevo-organo-oculto-en-el-craneo-que-revoluciona-la-lucha-contra-el-cancer-cerebral-y-el-alzheimer/) _2026-08-20 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Durante décadas, la ciencia asumió que el cerebro y el sistema inmunitario mantenían una relación distante y casi nula. Sin embargo, un estudio publicado en la revista Nature acaba de derribar ese paradigma al revelar la presencia de centros inmunitarios especializados alojados directamente en la médula ósea del cráneo, una suerte ... ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/fThmT0xchZJ2) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [The Carpenters – We’ve only just begun](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/the-carpenters-weve-only-just-begun/) _2026-08-20 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ An evening pause: Performed live 1971. ## [August 19, 2026 Quick space links](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-19-2026-quick-space-links/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, plus one from reader Nate P. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below. Note: X now requires log in to view videos with sound. You can get around this by clicking on ## [LandSpace becomes first commercial Chinese company to land an orbital-class booster](https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/19/landspace-becomes-first-commercial-chinese-company-to-land-an-orbital-class-booster/) _2026-08-19 · Will Robinson-Smith · Spaceflight Now_ The August 19 landing of its ZhuQue-3 rocket marked the first landing of a Chinese-made rocket using landing legs as well. ## [Katalyst and NASA cancel any attempt to catch and raise the orbit of Gehrels-Swift](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/katalyst-and-nasa-cancel-any-attempt-to-catch-and-raise-the-orbit-of-gehrels-swift/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Artist rendering of Link (on left) about to attach to Gehrels-Swift. Click for original image. In parallel announcements today by both the satellite repair startup Katalyst and NASA, due to continuing attitude thruster issues the decision has been made to forego any attempt by Katalyst’s Link spacecraft to grab the Gehrels-Swift space telescope and raise its orbit. From the NASA ## [Space Force targets replacing its older DMSP weather satellites by 2028](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/space-force-targets-replacing-its-older-dmsp-weather-satellites-by-2028/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ According to a report today at Air and Space Force magazine, the Space Force now intends to maintain its old DMSP weather satellite constellation through 2028, replacing it slowly with two different government-designed smallsat constellations as well as commercial weather satellite constellations. The service had anticipated decommissioning the three remaining Defense Meteorological Satellite… ## [“Honeycomb terrain” on Mars](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/honeycomb-terrain-on-mars/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Click for original image. Cool image time! The picture to the right, cropped, reduced, and sharpened to post here, was taken on June 30, 2026 by the high resolution camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It shows what the scientists label as “honeycomb terrain,” though to think that explains what we are looking at is to live in a fantasy ## [New images detail damage caused by Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Soyuz-2 rocket factory](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/new-images-detail-damage-caused-by-ukrainian-attack-on-russias-soyuz-2-rocket-factory/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Click for original image. New satellite images obtained by Business Insider now provide better visual evidence of the damage created by the Ukrainian missile attack on August 15, 2026 on Russia’s Soyuz-2 rocket factory, located in the city of Samara about 550 miles inside Russia. The pictures to the right show the factory before and after. The top satellite picture ## [SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-launches-more-starlink-satellites-17/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ SpaceX last night successfully placed another 24 Starlink satellites in orbit, its Falcon 9 lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The first stage (B1097) completed its 12th flight (43 days after its previous mission), landing on a drone ship in the Pacific. This was also SpaceX’s 100th launch in 2026, which set no records, but highlights the ## [Descubren S301, la estrella más rápida de la Vía Láctea: gira tan cerca del agujero negro central que siente su rotación](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/descubren-s301-la-estrella-mas-rapida-de-la-via-lactea-gira-tan-cerca-del-agujero-negro-central-que-siente-su-rotacion/) _2026-08-19 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Un equipo internacional de astrónomos ha detectado la estrella más veloz conocida en la Vía Láctea. Bautizada como S301, viaja a la asombrosa velocidad de 25.000 kilómetros por segundo mientras orbita Sagitario A\*, el agujero negro supermasivo situado en el corazón de nuestra galaxia. La observación, realizada mediante el ... ## [China today finally succeeds in vertically soft-landing a first stage](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-today-finally-succeeds-in-vertically-soft-landing-a-first-stage/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ The pseudo-Chinese company Landspace today not only successfully launched its new Zuque-3 rocket (essentially a copy of SpaceX’s Falcon 9), placing a low-orbit communications satellite into orbit, it also finally succeeded in landing the first stage vertically at a down range landing zone. The screen capture to the right show the stage just before touch down. As you can see, ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bA1oHyocBcR2) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [August 18, 2026 Zimmerman/Batchelor podcast](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-18-2026-zimmerman-batchelor-podcast/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Embedded below the fold. To listen to all of John Batchelor’s podcasts, go here. ## [Avi Loeb se ofrece para examinar y validar científicamente las pruebas sobre inteligencias no humanas que presentarán denunciantes ante la Casa Blanca](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/avi-loeb-se-ofrece-para-examinar-y-validar-cientificamente-las-pruebas-sobre-inteligencias-no-humanas-que-presentaran-denunciantes-ante-la-casa-blanca/) _2026-08-19 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ El astrofísico de la Universidad de Harvard y director del Consejo Asesor Científico UAP de la Casa Blanca, Avi Loeb, ha manifestado su disposición para someter a un riguroso análisis científico las evidencias sobre inteligencias no humanas. Su pronunciamiento surge tras la contundente propuesta del exoficial de inteligencia ... ## [Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine – 1-2-3](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/gloria-estefan-miami-sound-machine-1-2-3/) _2026-08-19 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ An evening pause: Diane and I recently saw a beautiful live production of “On Your Feet: the story of Emilio & Gloria Estafan,” produced by the Arts Express theater in Tucson. Before this I was completely unaware of their work, other than being vaguely familiar with some songs, though not by name. Though obviously sugar-coated in some ways (especially in ## [LRO snaps picture of crater created by Falcon 9 impact on Moon](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/lro-snaps-picture-of-crater-created-by-falcon-9-impact-on-moon/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Before and after images. Click for original. The science team for NASA’s Lunar Reconniassance Orbiter (LRO) today released high resolution before and after pictures of the location on the Moon where a Falcon 9 upper stage crashed on August 5, 2026. They were able to locate the impact point using data provided by South Korea’s Danuri lunar orbiter, which took ## [August 18, 2026 Quick space links](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/august-18-2026-quick-space-links/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below. Note: X now requires log in to view videos with sound. You can get around this by clicking on the three dots at the top ## [The map that named the New World](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/the-map-that-named-the-new-world-2/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ One of the great mysteries of the New World is its name. Why were both continents named after a relatively unknown Italian merchant by the name of Amerigo Vespucci, rather than the great explorers who are much more well known for discovering and exploring its shores in the 1490s? Even as a child I wondered about this mystery. My teachers ## [Astronauts remove failed antenna; run out of time to install a spare](https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/18/astronauts-remove-failed-antenna-run-out-of-time-to-install-a-spare/) _2026-08-18 · William Harwood · Spaceflight Now_ It was the 282nd EVA devoted to station assembly and maintenance, the fifth so far this year, the second for Menon and the first for Adenot, now the first French woman to walk in space. Total ISS EVA time now stands at 74 days 10 hours and 44 minutes since station assembly began in 1998. ## [EU sanctions five more Russian aerospace executives for their part in the Ukraine War](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/eu-sanctions-five-more-russian-aerospace-executives-for-their-part-in-the-ukraine-war/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Though the action is mostly symbolic, the European Union (EU) on August 7, 2026 imposed personal sanctions on five executives who head important Russian aerospace companies, as part of an expanded effort by the EU to oppose Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine. On Aug. 7, the European Union added five Russian defense industry executives to its sanctions list, including Viktor ## [Webb data suggests early galaxies had more low-mass stars than predicted](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-data-suggests-early-galaxies-had-more-low-mass-stars-than-predicted/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ The uncertainty of science: Using infrared spectroscopic data obtained from the Webb Space Telescope of nine massive galaxies, astronomers have found that they appear to contain far more low-mass stars than ever predicted. The team studied nine massive, mature galaxies that ceased forming stars billions of years ago, combining extremely deep JWST spectra with previous ground-based observations… ## [Scientists: Mars’ moon Deimos is a rubble pile shaped by a major impact](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-mars-moon-deimos-is-a-rubble-pile-shaped-by-a-major-impact/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Based on computer models using data both from the earliest close-up imagery from the Viking orbiters in the 1970s as well from recent data from Europe’s Hera asteroid probe during a fly-by in 2025, scientists now believe Mars’ smaller moon Deimos is a rubble-pile asteroid whose smooth surface was shaped by a major impact sometime in its past. You can ## [ULA names new CEO while L3Harris fires its boss](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ula-names-new-ceo-while-l3harris-fires-its-boss/) _2026-08-18 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Two major aerospace companies made major changes in their top management since yesterday. First, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), formed from a partnership of the rocket divisions of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, finally named a permanent CEO after its long time chief Tory Bruno left in December 2025 to work at Blue Origin. United Launch Alliance (ULA) today named veteran ## [SpaceX exceeds 11,000 satellites in low Earth orbit](https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/08/18/live-coverage-spacex-to-send-starlink-satellites-to-orbit-with-tuesday-night-launch-from-california/) _2026-08-18 · Will Robinson-Smith · Spaceflight Now_ The Starlink 17-50 mission added another 24 broadband satellites to the company’s megaconstellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 9:01 p.m. PDT (12:01 a.m. EDT / 0401 UTC). ## [Exigen anular los acuerdos de confidencialidad: denunciantes OVNI piden inmunidad a Donald Trump para revelar la verdad](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/exigen-anular-los-acuerdos-de-confidencialidad-denunciantes-ovni-piden-inmunidad-a-donald-trump-para-revelar-la-verdad/) _2026-08-18 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Una inédita ofensiva por parte de antiguos analistas de inteligencia, científicos e informantes del sector defensivo ha vuelto a situar los Fenómenos Anómalos No Identificados (UAPs) en el centro de la escena política estadounidense. Esta semana, tres importantes denunciantes apelaron de manera directa al presidente Donald ... ## [El telescopio Hubble resuelve el misterio sobre la primera galaxia que devoró la Vía Láctea](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/el-telescopio-hubble-resuelve-el-misterio-sobre-la-primera-galaxia-que-devoro-la-via-lactea/) _2026-08-18 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Nuestra galaxia no siempre tuvo la majestuosa estructura en espiral que exhibe en la actualidad. A lo largo de miles de millones de años, la Vía Láctea ha crecido gracias al canibalismo cósmico, absorbiendo sistemas estelares más pequeños para alcanzar su tamaño monumental. Ahora, una investigación basada en datos del telescopio ... ## [De la ficción a la realidad: Sam Altman prevé que en 6 meses una IA al estilo de «Her» conocerá cada segundo de tu vida](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/de-la-ficcion-a-la-realidad-sam-altman-preve-que-en-6-meses-una-ia-al-estilo-de-her-conocera-cada-segundo-de-tu-vida/) _2026-08-18 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ El CEO de OpenAI aseguró ante cientos de pasantes en Silicon Valley que las próximas versiones de ChatGPT podrán grabar llamadas, leer pantallas y tener un «contexto perfecto» de la rutina de sus usuarios. La propuesta evoca al famoso sistema operativo de la película protagonizada por Joaquin Phoenix y desata un profundo debate ... ## [Australian government issues $1.75 million grant to study spaceport concept in Western Australia](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/australian-government-issues-1-75-million-grant-to-study-spaceport-concept-in-western-australia/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ Australian spaceports: operating (red dot) and proposed (red “X”) The Australian government has awarded a Perth-based company, Space Angel, a $1.75 million grant to study whether it will be practical or possible to build a commercial spaceport in that country’s largely empty Western Australia province. The company will receive $1.75 million, which it will match, to carry out site assessments ## [Weightlessness doesn’t appear to impact the heart’s ability to beat](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/weightlessness-doesnt-appear-to-impact-the-hearts-ability-to-beat/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ While long term exposure to weightlessness has been found to impose a strain on the bones, muscles, back, and vision, new research on ISS using mice strongly suggests that it does not affect the heart’s ability to operate, on a fundamental level. Researchers analyzed heart cells from five mice that were on board the International Space Station for 38.5 days. ## [China launches earth observation satellite for the UAE](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-launches-earth-observation-satellite-for-the-uae/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ China yesterday evening successfully launched an earth observation satellite for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), its Long March 2C rocket lifting off from its Taiyuan spaceport in northeast China. Though the satellite was apparently built by the National Space Science and Technology Center at the United Arab Emirates University, this launch raises American security questions. Much of the UAE’s… ## [Sight-seeing at Vandenberg while upgrading ULA’s Vulcan launchpad](https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/sight-seeing-at-vandenberg-while-upgrading-ulas-vulcan-launchpadupgrading-ulas-launchpad-at-vandenberg/) _2026-08-17 · Robert Zimmerman · Behind The Black – Robert Zimmerman_ The following report was provided by Jay, Behind the Black’s stringer who furnishes me the daily “Quick Space Links.” He describes his experience working at Vandenberg for ULA two weeks ago. ———————– I was called upon to be the commissioning engineer for our company’s SLC-3 project for ULA at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. We have been doing critical infrastructure ## [El denunciante David Grusch vincula al exvicepresidente Dick Cheney con la custodia de extraterrestres vivos](https://mysteryplanet.com.ar/site/el-denunciante-david-grusch-vincula-al-exvicepresidente-dick-cheney-con-la-custodia-de-extraterrestres-vivos/) _2026-08-16 · Arkantos Khan · MysteryPlanet.com.ar_ Durante una reciente entrevista, Grusch aseguró que el gobierno estadounidense mantuvo bajo custodia a seres extraterrestres vivos recuperados tras el impacto de naves no humanas, una operación que habría estado bajo la supervisión directa del entonces apodado «Darth Vader»: el difunto exvicepresidente Dick Cheney. Tal como ...